Four Weeds You Can Eat
April 11, 2012
RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—As gardeners and lawn-care fanatics alike gear up for this year’s growing season, the age-old battle between human and weed begins anew. Your relationship to these nuisance plants may change, however, once you realize that some of them aren’t really weeds at all—they’re lunch.
Read more about Rodale’s take on eating dandelion, purslane, bamboo, and Japanese knotweed here.
“What is being lost? The answer is easy. A precious and irreplaceable part of Florida’s, and the nation’s, heritage is disappearing. Plants, animals, and entire ecosystems that took tens of thousands to millions of years to evolve are at risk. What is being gained in their place? A hodgepodge of species found in other parts of the world. . . . Florida is being homogenized, and everyone, for all time to come, will be the poorer for it.”
—E. O. Wilson, in his foreword to Strangers in Paradise: Impact and Management of Nonindigenous Species in Florida